Freeze- Chris Priestley

Freeze is the newest offering from Chris Priestley, recognised as a master of horror writing for children drawing in the weaving, building style of classic Gothic writers such as Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe rather than gore or shock tactic. These tales creep into you consciousness rather than jump scare you, and oh so …

The Bewitching of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes

I’m delighted to be celebrating the publication fo The Bewitching of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes, a second adventure for our eponymous hero who we last saw Haunted, this time stepping into the supernatural world of witchcraft.  The Bewitching of Aveline Jones is such an incredible and haunting book, chilling in the clever way that …

The Haunting of Aveline Jones – Phil Hickes

I missed out last year on The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes which was universally lauded for its glorious creepy Halloween setting and everyone agreed on not to read it at night! So when I purchased a copy last winter, I had originally planned to read it as part of a glorious spookfest this …

Review & Guest Feature: Blurring genres with The Ash House by Angharad Walker

I devoured this book and my immediate thoughts were please Chicken House I want some more?! I want to know what happens next and how did the protagonist Sol even arrive at this mysterious place!!! That or just hungry to slip into Angharad’s writing and worlds again!! In my review I reflect on the surreal …

All Our Hidden Gifts- Caroline O’Donaghue

All Our Hidden Gifts is a quietly ground shaking book from Caroline O’Donaghue, who has published two adult novels, Promising Young Women and Scenes of a Graphic Nature to high acclaim. This is her first young adult novel and with every reflection feels deeper, more resonant, more powerful on the question of identity and self …

#20BooksOfSummer 7: The Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher

#20BooksOfSummer is an annual event hosted by Cathy Brown of 746 Books and runs from 1st June until 1st September With the aim to clearing a target of 5, 10 or 20 books from your TBR but with very relaxed and fun rules. Here is my joining post & List! The Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher illustration by …

Otherland by Louie Stowell

Otherland. A Book I both hungered and was worried to read. Hunger because well, faeries, proper faeries not sparkly cutesy types, in the hands of Louie Stowell’s story craft; and worried because I knew, like Myra feels when close to the Queen, I would be lost in the wonder forever, that my heart couldn’t take …